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By Vincent Lim For Yura Lee, PhD ’17, her research is informed by her clinical experiences in Korea and in Los Angeles, but the major inspiration for her work was her grandfather who had Alzheimer’s disease. “I had a close

By Vincent Lim Krystal Hays PhD ’17 connected with a mentor who she could only find at USC. “It was only because of Dr. Karen Lincoln that I applied to USC,” said Hays, who will join the faculty at California

By Vincent Lim Ann Nguyen, a former postdoctoral scholar with the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, shares many connections and research interests with her mentor Karen Lincoln. Lincoln is an associate

For National Minority Mental Health Month, a USC professor shares her insights on depression among older Latino adults. María Aranda, an associate professor holding joint appointments with the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and the USC Leonard Davis

By Vincent Lim This story was originally published in Partners, a publication of the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. Consumers can now interact with artificially intelligent machines in their homes through Google Home and Amazon Echo, which serve

Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, and the only cause in the top ten that cannot be cured or reversed. Understanding the symptoms is key to early diagnosis, which can lead to a

By David Satcher and William A. Vega It’s time to stop side-stepping the obvious: In addition to affecting the lives of virtually all Americans in the coming years, Alzheimer’s disease will devastate communities of color. We must act with urgency and

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA), the nation’s largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging, has elected Anne Katz, a clinical professor at the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging and the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of

By Fabian Rodriguez The majority of calls the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) receives are misdirected — only 1 percent of calls are associated with actual fires. Many calls come from people seeking treatment for nonurgent conditions, resulting in the